“The combination of WDT’s fast weather data combined with speedy maps from MapBox results in an absolutely stunning product,” says Eric Gundersen, CEO of MapBox. “This is an exciting partnership. We’re working together to deliver our maps to hundreds of media outlets across the world and starting to collaborate around interface design to build a new generation of weather maps.”

“At WDT we’re excited to bring this unrivaled innovation to our customers,” says Steve Gallien, Sr. Vice President of Special Projects. “Not only will this partnership open up new opportunities for customization, great design and secure performance; the MapBox and WDT collaboration will bring the exclusive iMap experience to users who can take full advantage of JavaScript and HTML5.”

About MapBox®

MapBox is a platform for designing fast and beautiful maps. Its cloud cloud distribution platform is proven to scale with subscribers from social networks like foursquare.com, to media outlets like NPR, to government agencies like USAID, the FCC, and the WhiteHouse. Corporate website: MapBox.com

About Weather Decision Technologies® (WDT)

Founded in 2000, Weather Decision Technologies is a high technology leader in the weather industry, providing life-safety applications and weather decision support services and systems to our partners and customers. WDT’s iMap services provide dynamic, web-based and mobile interactive mapping solutions for the world’s leading local media companies. WDT maintains operational offices in Norman, Oklahoma, and Atlanta, Georgia. Corporate websites: WDTinc.com, WeatherOps.com and WeatherForensics.com.